Archive for the ‘Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible’ tag

Hemmings’ Associate Editor David LaChance unearthed this juicy tidbit earlier this week:CARS Inc. has started reproducing steel 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible bodies which the company will offer as a body only or on the buyer’s choice of a stock-style or Art Morrison chassis.

The company is also planning to market finished cars in stock, modified or full-on performance variants.

Prices haven’t been released, but you can call 1-800-227-7462 for more information.

So we were contacted by Bob Dylan’s people last week. They were hoping we could help them find some ’50s cars for a video shoot in Connecticut. We eventually hooked them up with Al Mooney, whose coral 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible graced the cover of the October, 2005 issue of Classic Car. The shoot ended up happening on Sunday (July 30), and we asked Al to take some pictures for us.

Well, it turns out that Bob wasn’t there, and the production folks ended up being pretty serious about not taking pictures. “There are some fairly intolerant people around when making a video from what I saw…not much joviality,” said Al.

However, instead of Dylan, Scarlett Johannson turned up, and Al did get a photo of her. Sort of.

“I was told not to take pictures, but I did have the guts to try and sneak a couple from far off,” Al said. “I don’t have a very fancy digital camera, so I didn’t make out too good there. The one that counted is fuzzy, as luck would have it.”

He did get at least one clear shot…

She’s that tiny little speck just right of center. Al also mentions that “They had a ’57 El Dorado from the Skip Barber collection as well, and that got the “starring” role. My car was literally part of the scenery.” Too bad–it’s a beautiful car, when it’s in focus.